Ironing table and cabinet



Dec. 21 (1926( 14,611,170

A. l.. DUNCAN IRONING TABLE AND CABINET- Filed Nov, 27; 1925 2 sheets-sheet.;

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A. L. DUNCAN IRONING TABLE AND CBlNET Filed Nov. 27, 1925 2 sheds-sheet a Auen-1 L l-n-LCETL v Patented Dies. 2l, i926.

ALLEN L. DUNCAN, or Vcrrzisrnn", kwns'r viser-NIA.

1 IRoNING TABLE AND cABrNn'r.`

Application ineav November 27,' i925. .semina 71,747'.`

The present fyinven'tion-I relates toan improved ironing table and cabinet. #An object-of thepresent inventionl is to provide 'a compact structure-combining an ironing board which may be folded out of the way and a cabinet supporting the ironing board and which may house'appurtenarices,V suchas irons andthelike for Ycon'- venientaccess inthe use of the device.

' ',"V'Another object ofthe inventionl is to pro-v vide Aa cabinet with a foldable ironing board which may be2carriedentirely by the cabi-y n netfbyothl whenfolded and when setup," and which affords` a substantial and rigid support for the ironing board when it is set up.

, on hinges 17 to .perm-it access Vto theclosed The invention also provides a cabinet with aftable top for supporting clothes and. the

,likefwhich when notin uselprovides a neat and attractlve article of furniture with enclosedjsides and front rand which may beV placed against a wall in an out of the way position'and which when'set up provides a clothes support which is adjustable with the ironing board and admits of theswingingof the same in an edgewise'direction to 'receive' articles of clothing over the end of thefironing board without removing the same from its supporting position 'upon thev cabinet'.`

The above and various Vother objects and advantages of this'invention will appear in, and be understood' fromgthe followingV devtailed 4description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawings9 wherein "like vparts, are Vdesignated bv similarinumerals o reference throughoutV the several views, and .whereinr f u Fig. A lis `a persp'ectiveview `of a combined ironing board and cabinet constructed according to the present invention andset upjfor use with the outer end of theVV ironing board swung free of its support for placing agarrnent` over the ironing board. j .Fig 2 is a' longitudinal vertical lsection taken through the saine.

'Figa 3 is a rearside elevation of the device foldedfshowing the ironing board partly broken away. r t l Y .Fig 4 is a view similar toFig. 3 with 'the ironing board folded and*` the door of the cabinet kpartly* opened, and" i l Fig. 5 is a top plan view ofthe folded device with the cover removed. Y Referring to the drawings the device comprises a cabinet having a front wall 10, side clothes. 1 f

walls 11 and a vrearwall 12,thelatterbeing` .arranged vertically between the sidewalls l1 and between the front and rearedgessof the same. Thefcabinet isv provided with `a top 13 which'eXt'ends between the sidewalls 11 and between the ffront wall '10 and the rear wall '12,.providing a 'space inthe' rear of the cabinet which'` is open through the I top thereof and through the rear of the cabinetl- -A bottom 14 is provided betweenlthe side walls 11 and the l*front wall 10 and rear wall 12, andan intermediateshelfor partition 15 mayfalso be provided and arranged intermediate the top 13 and; bottoml 114i.

VvThe frontwall 10 has a door 16 mounted compartments of the cabinetV in'which vari-v ous devices or articlesv may be stored for `con-v venient accessy 1n ironing or in handling the 'Pivotallyf mountedfonwthe top 13 of the cabinet is; a socketc'o'mprising a board-,0r plate 18 having a centrally locatedlpivot .pin 19 extending downwardly through the top 13- and connected thereto byA a-cotter pin 2O or the like' for .securing the socket `upon the cabinet and j oerr'nittingl the free turning of the socket thereon. The socket is also providedwith a hood 21 of sheet metal lor the like which is littedabout the forward-and lateral edges of thefplate 18 andiwhich has its top spaced above the plate and preferably flared upwardly toward-- the rear edge'ofthe plate where the socket'is'left open to receive theinner end of an ironing 4boardv 22. As best seen .from Figs. 3 and` 5, the socketris relatively broad to snugly receive therein the inner end of the ironing boardrand such inner end of the ironingboard is preferably reduced, as at 23 to fit the socket. f

The ironing board 22 may vbe of the usual vform with a tapering outer end to receive tion 31 is connectedto the back of the cabij net by an upwardly acting hinge 33 which admits of the upward swinging of the section 31 into engagement with the back'12 of the cabinet. y

The'cabinet may be supported upon legs 34 of suitable length to admit free'access beneath the cabinet =for sweeping the' floor, and the rear edges of the side walls 11 of the cabinet are provided Vwith inwardly extending vertical cleats or flanges 35 adapted to overlap the edges of the ironing board 22 when the latter is folded as shown in Figs. 4.and 5. A hook 36 is mounted on the rear wall 12 'of lthe cabinet to engage in an eye 37 carried uponthe outer section v30 of the brace to hold the latter in folded position as shown in Fig. 4. Y A sliding top or table 38 is mounted on top of the cabinet and is of boxlike construction to house the hood 21, and is'provided atV its lower lateral edges with inturned vflanges 39 adapted to engageV in undercut grooves or recesses 40 in the opposite lateral edges of the plate 18. The plate 18 therefore holds the cover 38 on top of the cabinet and permits of the sliding of the top lengthwise of the lcabinet into extended position asV shown in Fig. 2 so that the full width of the top may be utilized in supporting clothes `while substantially the full length of the ironing board may be used for ironing purpOSeS. i

As the pivoted socket on top of the cabinet is rotatable with the swinging of the board 22, the top 38 is also swung or turned upon the upper end'of the cabinet as shown in Fig. 1, and is securely held to the cabinet in all positions of adjustment.

When the ironing board is set up as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and it is desired to fold or collapse the same, it is only necessary to swing the ironing board 'either upwardly or laterally at its free end to disengage the cleats 24 from thetongue 25,v when the ironing board 22 Vmay be withdrawn from the pivoted socket. The brace sections 30 and 31 are folded upwardly and move the adjustable support inwardly towardV the cabinet. The depth of the space within the rear of the cabinet is proportioned to receive the folded brace, the adjustable support and the ironing board therein behind the cleats 35. The adjustable brace and the leg structure 27 are secured in collapsed position bythe hook 36 as shown in Fig. 4, and the ironing board 22 is 'sliddownwardly between the cleats 35 and the leg structure 27 to close the rear of the cabinet and to connect all parts together in a compact structure.

The cabinet may'now be pushed against a wall with the ironing board toward the wall, the cleats 24 extending but a negligible distance beyondthe rear edges of the side walls A 11fso that the device the wall.

may be placed close to y In setting the device upV the reverse opera- Y oted socket and the cleats engaged over theV tongue 25.

It is of changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design ofthe above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing Afrom the course understood that variousl spiritvthereof, such changes and-modificai tions being restricted onlyby the scope of the following claims. i

YVVhat'is claimed is: Y.

1. A combined ironing' board and cabinet comprising a cabinet body, a. socket 'mounted on the upper end of the body,'an ironing boa-rd adapted to be iitted at one end in the socket, a movable vsupport arranged to fit in the back of the cabinet, and a fold-ing brace between the cabinet andthe support adapted to fold into .the back of the cabinet.

with the support and to be extended from the cabinet to brace the support beneath the other end of the ironing board;

2. A combined ironing` board and cabinet comprising a cabinet body, ing an open back, a socket mounted on the upperY end of the body, an ironing board adapted to removably fitv at one end into said socket, a support for said ironing board, aV nfolding brace connecting said support and cabinet, said support and brace being adapted to fit into the open` portion of said cabinet back, and means for retaining'said support and brace in said cabinet. Y

3. A combined ironing board and cabinet comprising a cabinet body, a socket pivotally mounted upon the upper end of the body, a cover carried upon the top of the cabinet body to house said socket and slidably connected thereto, an ironing board removably fitting at one end in the socket, and a foldable bracing structure in the back of the Vcabinet body adapted to be extendedifor sup-` porting the outer end of the ironing board, said ironing board withy cover Vadapted to be swung laterally to dissaid cabinet hav-.

its socket `and said engage the ironing board from theV bracing l structure.

4. A combined ironing'board and cabinet 1,611,170 f il 3` upper end of the cabinetr body, an ironing port, said ironing board, brace and support board removably fitting at one end into said being adapted to fit into the open section lo i socket, a Vertical support for the other end of the cabinet, and means for looking said Y. i' of said ironing board, means'for removably ironing board, brace and support in the open holding said ironing board on said support, section 'of the cabinet.V

a folding brace secured at one end to said cabinet and at the opposite end to said supl `ALLEN L. DUlSTCiAL'NQv 

